The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-04-16
MethOdism in Cecil County.


Session of the Wilmington Conference OF
the NJ. 4 church which was held last
month at Crisfield, have been issued from
the press of j. Miller Thomas, Whining
ton. We CLEAN the following facts OF iu-
terest to the Methodists of Cecil county
from the report OF Rev. Chas. Hill the
retiring Presiding Elder of the VII
mington district. All OF the % churches
i'll the district are insured but four. Three
of these are in Cecil county, being Wesley
church on Elk Neck circuit and Principle
and CharestoWn churcnes on Charles
town circuit. The Elder says II have
repeatedly urged the trustees OF these
several charges to take action in tins
matter but | regret to say they still re-
main ne. lIgeut." There are p p4rspu-
ages on the district. The six cnaiges not
owning parsonages include EIktul aud
Chesapeake City Elk Neck has fresG
its parsonage from debt by paying Sl4J
The members and friends of Chess peake
City have rebuilt Old bethesda on Dpue
mia Manor al a cost of 5000 and 1t was
dedicated free OF debt.
improvements are contemplated at
Union church formerly on Zluu cucuiC,
but now connected with Cherry Hill, $500
having been raised for the purpuse. Al
Rising Sun a beautiful parsonage has
been quilt, the main bulidIug 22X2S fees,
two stories and an attic with kitchen at
tacned land pump under cover, the house
is nicely furnished, and has admirable
heating arrangements. The whole cost
of the building is g. 800, of this amount
81, 34I.l have been pad and the remain
lug 81, 1872 50 have been provided Tor with
the exception of 5000. ''Remember'
continues the Elder THAT Rising san
was constituted station at the last SEES
sion of conference and wonderfully III
creased financial responsibilities were
thus imposed upon the people there, and
the building OF this parsonage Is il mag
nliicent success attributable to the
untiring energy OF the pastor, Rev.
Isaac Jewell" Among those churches
to which incidental improvements
have been made North ElsJ is
mentioned. Ga Jne list OF conversions
at the charges during the year North
East is first with so aud Chesapeake City
third with 60. There Were 50 conver.
slons at Eikton, 80 at Elk Neck and p
at Port Deposit. The Wilmington dis
trict in its contributions 1or missions is
on the million dollar line. The record OF
the district tor 1887 is compared with
1854. Bethel aud Glasgow i'll 1851 gave
$40, in 1887, 462, an advance OF 50 per
cent; Charlestown in 1881 gave SO in
1887, $50, an advance of 2l5 per cent;
Cherry Hill i'll 1854 gave so, in 1887,
$l35, an advance of 20 per cent; Cne>a-
peake City in 1854 gave $;3i2 19iu 1887, $50
an advance of III per ceat; Eikton III 1851
gave $2S4, in 1887, 1851, an advance OF
81 per cent; Elk Neck in 1881 gave $40
in 1887, $50, an advance of 200 per cent;
Port Deposit in 1884 gave $40, and al
though visited by two floods, spreading
desolation everywhere, they lay upon
God altar for this work $2t4; Rising
Sun circuit in 1854 embraced what is now
Rising Sun, Hopewell, RowlandvilIe and
Mt. Pleasant, in 1884 the circuit gave $40,
their appointments aggregate III 1857,
Sl54, an advance OF 2S5 per cent; Zion III
1884 gave $l25, in 1887, SlS1, au advance
of 40 per cent.
The churches in Cecil county that ex-
ceeded their apportionment for missions
are Cherry Hill, Bethel, Elk Neck and
Rising Sun, while Bethel and Glasgow,
Elk Neck, Elkton, Hopewell, Mt. Pleas
ant and Cherry Hill met their apportion-
meut for The seven benevolenceS, and are
fairly on the roll of honor.
The Presiding Elder speaks as follows
concerning prohibition IL cecil county.
Tho local option law adopted III Cecil
county, Md, in 1850 contained defects
that destroyed its efficiency; the temper
ance people sought i'll convention to have
the legislature of the state remedy these
defects by amendments to the law, but
were strongly opposed by men who fav-
ored the passage of Il restrictive license